Assistant Finance Manager

Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for a part qualified and motivated individual to work within one of the Clinical Divisions of St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. St George's in a large teaching hospital in South West London, which provides a variety of elective and emergency services to both the local population and across the South East.

This role will assist in providing accurate and timely financial information and analysis to Operational managers and Clinicians and work to ensure the month end processes and deadlines are delivered.

We are looking for an enthusiastic team player to join our Management Accounts team. The individual should also have excellent communication skills and an inquisitive nature.

For any further questions, please contact Joe Lewis, Joseph.Lewis@StGeorges.nhs.uk or Sarah Britton, Sarah.Britton@StGeorges.nhs.uk

Main duties of the job

Job Summary:

1. To deputise for the Divisional Finance Manager for the CWDT division when required.
2. To manage the day to day operation of the budgetary control cycle for the CWDT Division. Ensuring that monthly accruals are routinely raised, reports are produced, variances investigated and budget statements promptly distributed in accordance with Trust timetables.
3. To ensure that financial enquiries and advice is provided to budget holders in a timely, accurate and reliable manner.
4. To support Trust wide accounting and processing requirements.
5. To co-ordinate the work of the management accounts processing team.
6. To support the Divisional Finance Manager in the budget setting process.

About us

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the country's principal teaching hospitals and our main site is shared with St George's, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. We have over 9,000 dedicated staff serving a population of 1.3 million across south-west London.

We deliver a large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation. We also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people. As well as acute hospital services, we provide a wide variety of specialist care and a range of community services to patients.

The Role of the Management Accounts section is to deliver Financial Budgetary Reporting and Financial Advice on budgetary control, Cost Reduction, business cases and other finance related issues to the Trust as a whole and on its constituent service areas. Part of this process involves the annual setting of service budgets of approximately £800m for the Trust and the delivery of regular financial reporting on the performance of these budgets to key managers and budget holders.